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The Capital Warriors were the defending state champions. They had not lost a football game in well over a year. They featured a brutal defense that punished its opponents. The offense was mediocre, but with the defense constantly providing them with great Field position, it was sufficient. Capital players and coaches read the papers and watched the news, the same as everyone else. They realized that Highland relied heavily on the strong right arm of its big quarterback, and their plan was simple; neutralize Mitchell Kays.As the players warmed up, the spectators began to file into the stadium. Maddie and two girlfriends joined her family as they entered the arena. The game was being played at the home field of Maddie's university. The huge television screens hanging at either end of the field gave some of the fans a few seconds of fame as their faces were displayed.Shortly before the start of the game, Laura prodded Christine on the side and pointed at the huge screen. To her amazeme
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Capital managed to run the ball for a couple first downs. After the next first down, the ball was on the ten-yard line. Two running plays later and with the ball on the seven-yard line, the two-minute warning was given. After the warning, another running play netted another yard. Capital lined up for the field goal attempt. It fooled no one when the place holder tried to run around the left end for the touchdown. Every kid on the Highland team had seen Capital run the same play on the videos they had studied. The runner was pushed out at the five-yard line. Highland got the ball back on downs with a minute and twenty seconds left on the game clock and no Time outs."Mitchell, I want you to use three receivers and keep everyone else in the block. We're just 95 yards from victory. Now go get it." yelled Coach Anderson to Mitchell and the other players.Mitchell quickly explained the play and calmly walked his team to the line of scrimmage and looked over the defense. Liam snapped the ba
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Christine gasped when she saw how much blood had soaked into his bandages. "It isn't as bad as it looks. Blood always looks magnified. He'll be fine. We need to cut these old bandages off and get him cleaned up."Laura pulled out her scissors and began cutting the bloody wrappings as players and fans began entering the locker room laughing and celebrating. As soon as they saw Mitchell, they went quiet. Laura ignored the onlookers and worked on removing the dressing with Christine's help.Christine heard the telltale sound of high heels. She turned in time to see Nell O'Leary, with a concerned look on her face, striding directly toward Mitchell. With no conscious thought, Christine stood up and purposely stepped between the redhead and Mitchell. Nell O'Leary came to a sudden stop as she looked at Christine over from head to toe."So, it's the incredible Christine Leonard herself," began Nell as she raised her eyebrows, and smiled slightly. "Also known as 'The Lady in Red', and the 'Her
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"I've been kicking this around since the whole thing happened. What was wrong with me? With the other parents, and the other players? Why is it that none of us risked our lives to help those kids in that car, or even Christine and Mitchell afterward? Am I a coward? Are all of us cowards? I've done some soul searching about this. I've finally reached the conclusion that most of us all acted in a normal human fashion. We stood there horrified and uncertain as to what we should do. There are a few people that do not think through situations like that. They simply decide what needs to be done and act. Mitchell is one of those rare types."It doesn't make the rest of us less human, or less brave. It simply shows that Mitchell has certain rare qualities the bulk of humanity lacks, especially in stressful situations. Christine has those qualities. Liam Marsh exhibited them as well. Any of us could have attempted to do what they did, but we watched. Our reaction was the average, or normal rea
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Maddie was flummoxed. She had verbally attacked the girl and insulted her eye to eye. She expected yelling, cursing, maybe even a catfight, but not laughter and compliments. Suddenly Hailey was at Maddie's side."Mitchell said I was drop dead gorgeous. Did he really say that? I'm Hailey, Christine's other beautiful sister. Did Mitchell tell you about us the night Christine saw you having dinner with him at Buddy's? I knew he wasn't running around on Christine. Are you Mitchell's cousin or something?" finished an exuberant Hailey.By the time Hailey finished her rant, all the women, including Maddie, were laughing. "Everyone, I want you to meet my friend, Nell O'Leary. This is my sister Maddie, my sister Hailey, my mother Melissa, my teacher Ms. Metzger, and Maddie's friends, Donna and Susan. Nell is our future governor's daughter and, as it turns out, a friend of Mitchell's, but not that kind of friend.""Why are there tears on your face?" asked Maddie. "I thought that Nell had pulled
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Mitchell had begun to stand up when Maddie had hurried up to him and dropped into his lap. He saw the concern mixed with sadness in Maddie's eyes as she leaned in to kiss him. He knew that if he hadn't fallen so fast and so hard for Christine, Maddie would occupy all of his thoughts. She was sexy, smart, fit and amazingly beautiful. With the exception of Christine, Mitchell had never seen Maddie's equal, although Hailey was rapidly getting there.As Laura and Christine worked on getting Mitchell bandaged, Hailey decided to quiz him. "Did you tell the governor's daughter that I was drop dead gorgeous? Did you mean it? Do you really think that, or did she make it up?"Mitchell blushed a little, then smiled. "I did mention that Christine had some attractive sisters. I don't know if I used the term 'drop dead gorgeous' or 'supermodel looks and figures'. I know it was one or the other, or maybe even both. Are you upset at me for talking about you, Hailey?""Yeah, I'm pissed." responded Hai
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"Mitchell was a big kid, even a year ago. He was well over six feet tall and well-muscled, as I'm sure you ladies have noticed. His dad was an older version of Mitchell. One had only to look at Nate once, to know that he was a very capable man. We shared stories over dinner, including the fact that we were going north the next day and leaving our families in the capable hands of the Afghan military, along with four American Marines."Christine had been holding Mitchell's hand under the table and she felt it tense up as Patrick O'Leary got deeper into his story. Mitchell was very still, and a fine bead of sweat appeared on his brow."As I now recall the situation, Nate's jaw seemed to tighten up when I explained the security plans. I later learned that he was very concerned about the lure of American VIP's to terrorists. He didn't want to alarm us, nor did he want to cause an incident between governments by making statements that insulted or demeaned the Afghan government," concluded t
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"By the Time our junket had returned, the dead Marines, Mitchell's father, along with Mitchell and the wounded Marine, had been evacuated from the premises. The blood on Nell and Janice was Mitchell's, since they had hugged him dearly before he was taken away. To avoid embarrassing the new government, the whole incident was downplayed. We were told that it would serve American interests better to not go public with the events of the day. Reluctantly, everyone agreed to go along with the story. What difference would the truth make? It wouldn't bring back those Marines, or Nate Kays. So, the public never heard of that battle in Kabul, or the bravery of those Marines and Nate Kays. And that's why I feel you need to know Mitchell's history and why he's so reluctant to talk about the incident."We never saw Mitchell again. At least not until Nell saw a sports report one night a month or two ago describing the record setting efforts of the quarterback, Mitchell Kays. Then she searched on Yo
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